Trump denies giving Australian businessman US nuclear submarine secrets

Trump Refutes Accusations of Disclosing US Nuclear Submarine Information to Australian Businessman

Former US President Donald Trump strongly rejected allegations on Friday concerning his alleged involvement in providing classified US nuclear submarine secrets to an Australian entrepreneur.

Details of the Controversy

This denial follows reports from US media outlets accusing Trump of sharing sensitive nuclear submarine details with an Australian businessman at his Florida residence after his presidential term ended. The businessman in question has been recognized as Anthony Pratt, a billionaire in charge of one of the world's leading packaging companies.

According to ABC News, Pratt divulged the confidential information about the US submarines to numerous people, including numerous foreign officials, his employees, and a select group of journalists.

The controversial revelations implicated as perilous to the US nuclear fleet were dismissed as completely baseless and false by Trump. He posted on his own social media platform, Truth Social, refuting the reports as mere attempts by prosecutors to thwart his potential presidential comeback.

Legal Probes and Implications

The prosecutors who are currently investigating Trump for holding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence after his post-presidential period have reportedly held two interviews with Pratt about the incident.

As specified in the reports, Pratt might be summoned by the prosecutors to testify against Trump in the upcoming classified documents trial set to commence in May in Florida.

Trump and Pratt reportedly met at his Palm Beach club in April 2021, where Pratt suggested that Australia should consider purchasing submarines from the United States, as reported by ABC.

In response to this proposition, Trump allegedly revealed the precise number of nuclear warheads carried by the US submarines on a routine basis to Pratt. He also informed Pratt about how close these submarines could approach Russian submarines without being detected, the news outlet added.

Trump's Current Status

Apart from the classified documents case, Trump is facing three other indictments – a federal one and one in Georgia related to his alleged efforts to overturn his election defeat and maintain his presidency, and another in New York on account of purported hush money payments on the eve of the 2016 elections to a porn star.

Trump is presently engaged in a civil trial in New York on charges of excessively and fraudulently inflating the value of his assets for obtaining better terms from banks and insurance firms.

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